hall was opened in 1905, the school house in neo-renaissance style in 1894. An observation tower named after Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, situated north of the town, opened in 1907. A copy of the 1727 Saxon post milestone (Postmeilensäule) stands near the town centre. The original is kept in a museum in Rochlitz. A castle in the nearby forest was destroyed in the Middle Ages, only minuscule remains of its basement walls are left. The village church of Altgeringswalde houses a painted wooden altar which was made around 1510 and restored in 1994. Personalities Wilfried Stallknecht (born 1928), architect, urban planner and furniture designer Roselore Sonntag (born 1934), gymnast, Olympic contender in Rome 1960 Wolfgang Blochwitz (1941-2005), football goalkeeper, played 19 times for the national team of the GDR References External links Stadt Geringswalde Geringswalder Postmeilensäule Mittelsachsen